Tag: immigration and customs enforcement
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Federal judge green-lights jury visit to Aurora detention center in forced-labor lawsuit
A federal judge granted a request on Thursday to have jurors visit the privately run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Aurora as part of an upcoming civil trial over alleged forced labor practices. U.S. District Court Senior Judge John L. Kane said he wanted the “best possible trial,” and initially postponed his…
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ICE ‘materially violated’ order on warrantless arrests, Colorado judge says
A federal judge ordered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Tuesday to immediately train its Colorado employees about how to lawfully perform warrantless arrests, after the evidence showed officers had little understanding of the requirements. U.S. District Court Senior Judge R. Brooke Jackson wrote that ICE had “materially violated” his prior order that directed immigration…
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El Gamal family released from ICE custody, again, following federal court orders
The ex-wife and children of a man accused of an antisemitic attack were released from federal custody for the second time in three days late Saturday, according to attorneys for the family. Hayam El Gamal and her five children, ranging from age 5 to 18, had been in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Denver judge denies Gov. Polis request to dismiss ICE-related records case
A year after blocking the release of state records to federal immigration agents, a Denver judge has now denied Gov. Jared Polis’ effort to end the lawsuit at the center of the dispute. The lawsuit filed against the governor in 2025 by Scott Moss — then the director of the Colorado Department of Labor and…
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U2’s new music honors Renee Good in ‘American Obituary’
LOS ANGELES — U2 is returning with its first collection of new songs in nearly a decade, opening with a tribute to Renee Nicole Good, the Minnesota mom and Colorado Springs native fatally shot by a federal agent during this winter’s massive immigration crackdown. The Irish rock band released the six-song EP “U2 – Days of Ash” on Wednesday. Its…
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Hickenlooper, Crow plan to donate campaign cash from Palantir execs to immigrant rights nonprofits
Two Democratic members of Colorado’s congressional delegation said this week that they plan to donate more than $100,000 received in campaign contributions from current and former employees of Denver-based firm Palantir Technologies to local nonprofits that assist immigrants and support civil rights. U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jason Crow both landed on a…
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EDITORIAL: Defiance of immigration laws will backfire on Colorado
The contempt for law enforcement among ruling Democrats at the State Capitol has escalated — from reckless to delusional. It was in 2020 that the Democratic majority in the legislature, led by its soft-on-crime political fringe, revoked qualified immunity from law officers across our state. It has had a chilling effect on law enforcement ever…
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Colorado delegation splits in House vote to end federal government shutdown
Colorado’s U.S. House members divided mostly along party lines Tuesday in separate votes on a funding deal to end the federal government’s partial shutdown, while giving Congress more time to negotiate long-term funding for the Department of Homeland Security. Lawmakers passed a roughly $1.2 trillion spending package that finishes funding the vast majority of federal…
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Colorado legislators advance proposal allowing lawsuits against federal immigration agents
A divided panel of Colorado legislators on Monday advanced a proposal to give individuals injured during an immigration enforcement operation the ability to sue federal agents in state court. The measure comes amid speculation that Colorado could be next on the Trump administration’s target, given the tension between the White House and the state, which…
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Voters will decide proposal to repeal Colorado limits on police cooperation with immigration authorities
A ballot initiative backed by the group Advance Colorado has qualified for the November general election, setting up a statewide vote on whether to undo limitations placed upon state and local law enforcement agencies’ ability to work with federal authorities. Ballot measure 95 would change the state constitution to require law enforcement to notify federal…